3rd Blue Danube Film Festival

17 November 2019 - 24 November 2019

3rd Blue Danube Film Festival

17 November 2019 - 24 November 2019

WINNERS 2019

The list of "Winners" films will be available from November 26th.

Winners 2018

short - winner

Pablo
Munoz Gomez (FRA) - KAPITALISTIS

The film, counter to its topic, tells all about the important social phenomenon, the existential difficulties of refugees, about their family and friendly relationships in an excessively witty, wispy, elegant way, and this is exactly what makes the story deeply shocking, drenched in wise humour, credible and humane.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

short - best director

Alexander
Reinberg, Paul Porenta (AUT) - 99F

Despite the formal minimalism of the two-character chamber drama shot in a sole taxi interior at night, it is able to word complete and complex human destinies, what’s more, subtly formulate the relationship of two people born before our eyes with dramatic power.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

short - best cinematography

Myrsini
Aristidou (CYP)- ARIA

The drama of the schematic story set in the typically distracted area (in a bay) and life situation (the world of refugees) of today is expressed by the consequent application of the camcorder, identifying with the inner tension of the characters, the dynamic alternating of the shots and the viewpoints.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

Short - best actors

The sensitive demonstration of accepting diversity in a father-and-son relationship, which turns into natural for the viewers primarily thanks to the theatrical performance operating with refined means.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

short - student jury award

Sebastien Petretti (BEL) - MAKE ALIENS DANCE

"An emotionally very finely and precisely developed film paired with a sophisticated imagery and style."

(Maya Makádi - Student Jury)

super short - winner

Özgür
Anil (AUT) – MORNING PERSON

Demonstrating a very delicate social phenomenon in a provocatively brave, utterly simple, yet also in a very effective and thought-provoking way, in no more than a single cut.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

super short - student jury award

Claudius
Gentinetta (SUI) - SELFIES

Selfies makes us think about an real effect of our present life in a facetious and artistic way.

(Liza Somogyi - Student Jury)

documentary-winner

Weronika
Nitsch (NOR) – BJARNE HATES THE CAMERA

As the result of the diary-like attending for years, not only the personality of the creator and the interviewee is unfolding on the screen with a striking candour, but we also witness the birth of a relationship from the initial distrust until the complete softening. All these are accompanied by shockingly honest and releasing humorous moments, the exceptional moments of humane peccancy and greatness.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

documentary - student jury award

Jacques
Loeuille (FRA) – THE WOMAN WEIGHING GOLD

"Absolutely flabbergasting! Insightful, revelative, mind-blowing. The narrator uses a refreshingly sophisticated language. The music is age-appropriate, perfectly serves the point of the film. The way it connects history of the first company, and therefore the relationship of artists and the wealthy is unique, and reflects our time in a manner that is very much needed. The cinematography is beautiful, although the large cargo-ship breaks the consistence. Amazing work."

(Bálint Major - Student Jury)

animation - winner

Nicolas
Keppens, Matthias Phlips (BEL) - WILDEBEEST

The movie, wording a sharp (consumer) society criticism, can induce sympathy even against the subject of the criticism, and this complex effect steps far beyond the cliché of the basic situation (Western tourists on safari). The style, absolutely originally mixing live-action and animation, is similarly complex.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

animation - student jury award

Yulia
Ruditskaya (BLR) – AND THE MOON STANDs STILL

The dark, stylised imaginary and great usage of music makes this unique little animation a compelling viewing experience.

(Péter Horányi - Student Jury)

experimental - winner

Roger
Horn (RSA) – AFRICAN FILM SCHOOL

Due to the ironic criticism of colonisation and the brilliant editing technique using found footage materials, this movie is prominent, and despite the serious topic and the form of a great tradition, it demonstrates an elegantly moderate, orderly artistical perspective.

(Dr. Gábor Gelencsér - Jury)

experimental - student jury award

Roger
Horn (RSA) – AFRICAN FILM SCHOOL

The experimental short, African Film School (2017) by Roger Horn, beautifully combines a poetic film form, the sensual qualities of the images and the characteristics of an essay film. On one hand it fits into the tradition of the so-called essayistic experimental documentaries through its documentarist and self-reflexive narration (such as Unsere Africareise (Peter Kubelka, 1966), Reassemblage (Trin T. Min- ha, 1982), on the other hand it connects to the found footage film making tradition through its technique. It is a very sensitive and well-structured piece, therefore I would highly recommend it to win the prize of the Student Jury.